PLOS Pathogens Editor-in-Chief Grant McFadden reflects on his recent trip to Haiti as part of a volunteer medical team. On his 3rd journey to the underprivileged country, Dr. McFadden transmits a positive message, noting a decrease in

One of the most dramatic international responses to the Millennium Development Goals launched by then United Nations Secretary Kofi Annan in 2000 has been the global public health community’s response to MDG 6 “To combat AIDS,

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and PLOS Medicine issue the call for papers for Year 3 of the MHTF-PLOS Collection: Integrating Health Care to Meet

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and PLOS Medicine issue the call for papers for Year 3 of the MHTF-PLOS Collection: Integrating Health Care to Meet

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: In their research article, Ferrari and colleagues report the most recent and comprehensive estimates on how much death and disability is attributable to depression, both world-wide

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: In their research article, Ferrari and colleagues report the most recent and comprehensive estimates on how much death and disability is attributable to depression, both world-wide

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: Frédéric Piel and colleagues find that the global burden of sickle cell anemia (SCA), a hereditary blood disorder, is increasing, with almost half a million babies

This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: Diabetes is strongly associated with socioeconomic status: low income, low education, and low occupational status are all linked to a higher risk for type 2 diabetes.

PLOS is pleased to announce a new venue for the rapid publication of research in all aspects of infectious disease outbreaks, PLOS Currents: Outbreaks. The emergence of a disease outbreak creates the need for up-to-date,